Guide to the World War II San Diego State College Servicemen's Correspondence Collection
1941/1945

Special Collections & University Archives

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: World War II San Diego State College Servicemen's Correspondence Collection

Dates: 1941-1945

Identification: MS-0369

Creator:
Post, Lauren Chester, 1899-1976

Physical Description: 3.96 linear ft

Language of Materials:
English

Repository:
Special Collections & University Archives

5500 Campanile Dr. MC 8050

San Diego, CA, 92182-8050

URL: http://library.sdsu.edu/scua

Email: scref@rohan.sdsu.edu

Phone: 619-594-6791

Note:

Other Information:

Additional information may be found at http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/nas/streaming/dept/scua/SPECCOLL/Collections/WWIIServicemensCorrespondence/AztecNewsletterComplete.pdf

Biographical Information:

A native of Rayne, Louisiana, Lauren Post was professor of geography at San Diego State from 1937-1969. He was educated at
the University of California and Louisiana State University, and taught at San Francisco State and at Louisiana State before
coming to San Diego State. Post is remembered for his
Aztec News Letter in which he corresponded with Aztec servicemen during World War II.

Access Terms

This collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name:

San Diego State College -- Alumni and alumnae -- Correspondence

San Diego State University -- Faculty -- Correspondence

Genre/Form of Material:

Personal Papers

Publications

Personal Name:

Adams, Jane Ford -- Correspondence

Adams, John R., 1900-1994 -- Correspondence

Post, Lauren C. -- Correspondence

Topical Term:

World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American

Administrative Information

Conditions Governing Use:

The copyright interests in these materials have not been transferred to San Diego State University. Copyright resides with
the creators of materials contained in the collection or their heirs. The nature of historical archival and manuscript collections
is such that copyright status may be difficult or even impossible to determine. Requests for permission to publish must be
submitted to the Head of Special Collections, San Diego State University, Library and Information Access. When granted, permission
is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder(s), which must also be obtained in order to publish. Materials from our collections are made available
for use in research, teaching, and private study. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including
but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials.

Conditions Governing Access:

This collection is open for research.

Preferred Citation:

Identification of item, folder title, box number, World War II San Diego State Servicemen's Correspondance Collection, Special
Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University.

This collection consists of ten boxes of letters received from servicemen, servicewomen, and their families during the Second
World War. The collection consists of letters sent to Lauren Post for his information in compiling the SDSC newsletter,
San Diego State College Service Men's News Letter, which later changed its name to
The Aztec News Letter. At the end of the war,
The Aztec News Letter was circulated to over 3,000 service and homefront readers.

The collection has over 4500 individual letters, arranged chronologically by year then alphabetically within the folder. Some
letters with no dates, partial or unreadable names, or that were unsigned are at the end of the collection. A full run of
the
Aztec News Letter is also part of the collection. Cut and paste this URL to view the newsletter.

A comprehensive database of the correspondence has been prepared and is available for use in Special Collections. Sortable
fields included in the database are Last Name, First Name, Date, Killed, Notes, and Category.